The Seminar, hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan, is organized by ICAO and supported by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). It will address Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTD) standards and best practices, assistance and capacity-building needs of States, identification management and related border security issues.

This meeting, organised by the Transnational Threats Department/Borders Unit (TNTD/BU) and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, aims to examine ways to promote cross-border co-operation and confidence building across the borders in the OSCE area.